Curated by Dr Samuel Boateng, CDRF, St John’s College, Oxford
Wednesday 4th February to Friday 6th February 2026, 5pm
Kendrew Barn, St John’s College Oxford
Free entry - no registration required.
Event Launch and Live Music: 4th February 2026, 3:30 PM
Exhibition continues: 5th to 6th February, 2026, 10:00 – 5:00
This photography exhibition explores the creative, social, and political forms that jazz takes in the West African country of Ghana through the ethnographic work of Dr Samuel Boateng. Inspired by the jazz terminology and practice known as a turnaround—a chord progression typically found at the end of songs and designed to lead musicians to the beginning of the music or to a new section—the project invites audiences to reconsider our assumptions about music making and jazz practice in Ghana. Photosonic Turnaround is an opportunity to take another visual and sonic look at African jazz, not as something already complete or in the past, rather as a generative modern practice rich in sound and visual codes suited for imagining new creative futures.
